Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bēganą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps, related to Old Irish bág (“war”) and Old Irish bágaid (“to battle”), which has been proposed to stem from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁ǵʰ- (“to dispute, quarrel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛː.ɣɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bēganą

1. to fight, argue, quarrel

Inflection

Conjugation of *bēganą (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bēgō	*bēgaų	—	*bēgai	?
2nd singular	*bēgizi	*bēgaiz	*bēg	*bēgazai	*bēgaizau
3rd singular	*bēgidi	*bēgai	*bēgadau	*bēgadai	*bēgaidau
1st dual	*bēgōz	*bēgaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*bēgadiz	*bēgaidiz	*bēgadiz	—	—
1st plural	*bēgamaz	*bēgaim	—	*bēgandai	*bēgaindau
2nd plural	*bēgid	*bēgaid	*bēgid	*bēgandai	*bēgaindau
3rd plural	*bēgandi	*bēgain	*bēgandau	*bēgandai	*bēgaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*bebēg	*bebēgį̄
2nd singular	*bebēht	*bebēgīz
3rd singular	*bebēg	*bebēgī
1st dual	*bebēgū	*bebēgīw
2nd dual	*bebēgudiz	*bebēgīdiz
1st plural	*bebēgum	*bebēgīm
2nd plural	*bebēgud	*bebēgīd
3rd plural	*bebēgun	*bebēgīn
	present	past
participles	*bēgandz	*bēganaz

Related terms

• *bēgaz
• *bēgāną

Descendants

• Old Dutch:
  • Middle Dutch:
    • Dutch: bageren
• Old High German: bāgan, pāgan
  • Middle High German: bāgen
    • ⇒ German: bägern
    • Bavarian: bägen
    • ⇒ Swabian: bägeren
  • → Middle French: bagarot
  • → Occitan: bagarro
    • → French: bagarre; bagarrer
      • → Italian: bagarre
• Old Norse: bága; (bægja)
  • Faroese: bága
  • (Icelandic: bægja)